Event

19th Annual Days of the Dead Community Celebration

Sunday, October 27, 2013, 12–4:30 pm

Sunday, October 27, 2013 - 12:00pm

Join us as OMCA comes alive for the 19th Annual Community Celebration for the Days of the Dead. Craft activities, tasty food, dance and music groups, colorful ofrendas, and ceremonia bring the community together for this healing tradition. Watch demonstrations of traditional Mesoamerican arts and cooking, and buy Days of the Dead merchandise by local artisans for your home altar from our mercado. Visit the special exhibition, The Tree of Life and Death: Días de los Muertos 2013, on view in the Gallery of California Natural Sciences. Included with Museum Admission. Free to OMCA Members.

The 2013 Days of the Dead Community Celebration is made possible in part by generous support from Kaiser Permanente and the Oakland Museum Women's Board. OMCA Family is made possible in part by Chevron and the Institute of Library and Museum Services.